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United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1976
Honors Clarence M. Mitchell, Junior, for his contributions to the establishment of justice and equality in America. Expresses gratitude for his efforts to improve the quality of life for all Americans.
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1976
Expresses the sense of the Congress that proposals to increase out-of-pocket payments for medicare beneficiaries should not be enacted.
United States · United States Congress · 19 January 1976
Energy Research and Development Free Enterprise Act - Title I: Findings, Definitions, and General Provisions - Declares that it is the policy of the Congress that small business concerns and individual inventors should be provided greater opportunities by the Federal Government in the development of energy resources and technology, with special emphasis on solar energy technology and to expand competition and reduce concentration in the energy industries of the Nation. Amends the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 and the Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 1974 to offer increased opportunities in Federal energy development programs to small business concerns and individual inventors. Title II: Energy Program Reorganization - Amends the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 to establish within the Energy Research and Development Administration five additional Assistant Administrators for: (1) small business concerns and individual inventors; (2) planning and analysis; (3) laboratory and field coordination; (4) administration; and (5) international officers. Requires that no less than 50 percent of the total amount of funds for solar energy technology programs and no less than 20 percent of the total amount of funds for all areas of energy technology be made available to small business concerns and individual inventors. Limits the awarding of energy program contracts in situations where the financial capabilities of non-Federal entities are inadequate to develop such technology without Federal assistance. Authorizes appropriations of $2,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 and each fiscal year thereafter to the Administrator of the Small Business Administration in order to provide consultation services for the preparation of contract proposals by small businesses and individual inventors. Title III: Encouragement of Competition in Energy Programs - Directs the Administrators of the Energy Research and Development and the Small Business Administrations to provide detailed information to potential participants in energy programs. Directs the Administrator of the Energy Research and Development Administration to refrain from awarding contracts which will have an adverse impact on industry or market competition. Directs the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission to recommend criteria to the Administration upon which to make such a determination. Prohibits the entering into of any energy contract to any person who has an interest in delaying completion of the contract or altering any research findings in the performance of such contract. Requires the Administrator to transmit to the Attorney General a copy of the proposed contract if the profitmaking enterprise has gross assets exceeding $250,000,000. Prohibits the Administrator from awarding a contract to such an enterprise until the Attorney General's opinion is received. Establishes procedures and requirements for the disclosure of information relating to the awarding of contracts by the Administrator and by program participants. Imposes a fine of $20,000, or the amount of the contract, whichever is greater; and/or imprisonment of up to two years for participants who transmit false, fictitious, or fradulent information.
United States · United States Congress · 19 December 1975
Prohibits any committee or subcommittee of the Senate, or member of any such committee or subcommittee, from taking any action which purports to sanction or approve any request by any department or agency of the Federal Government to reprogram or transfer funds from one program or activity to another for the purpose of carrying out any covert military or paramilitary activity in any foreign country unless such matter was previously considered and approved by the Senate. Specifies that this resolution shall not require that any report made by any committee of the Senate be publicly disclosed.
United States · United States Congress · 18 December 1975
Rehabilitation Amendments - Extends the provisions of the Rehabilitation Act authorizing grants to assist States to meet the current and future needs of handicapped individuals, so that such individuals may prepare for and engage in gainful employment to the extent of their capabilities. Authorizes the appropriation of $195,000,000 for the period from July 1, 1976, through September 30, 1976, $780,000,000 for fiscal year 1977, and $780,000,000 for fiscal year 1978 to assist the States in meeting costs of vocational rehabilitation services provided in accordance with State plans. Authorizes the appropriation of $11,500,000 for the period from July 1, 1976, through September 30, 1976, $45,500,000, for fiscal year 1977, and $45,500,000, for fiscal year 1978, to assist the States and public and nonprofit agencies in meeting the cost of projects to initiate or expand services to handicapped individuals, especially those with the most severe handicaps. Authorizes the appropriation of an amount not to exceed $750,000 for the period from July 1, 1976 through September 30, 1976, up to $3,000,000 for fiscal year 1977, and up to $3,000,000 for fiscal year 1978, to be used for regional pilot projects. Extends and authorizes specified appropriations for other programs and institutions for the handicapped including; research and training, construction and rehabilitation of facilities, vocational training services, the National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults, and the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board.
United States · United States Congress · 18 December 1975
Revises rule XVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate in order to allow three members of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare to serve as ex officio members of the Committee on Appropriations when the annual appropriations bill making appropriations for specified organizations including the Department of Labor,the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, the National Science Foundation, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and the Legal Services Corporation is considered.
United States · United States Congress · 17 December 1975
Rehabilitation Act Extension - Extends under the Rehabilitation Act the authorizations of appropriations for: (1) vocational rehabilitation; (2) research and training; (3) grants for construction of rehabilitation facilities; (4) vocational training services for handicapped individuals; (5) special projects and demonstrations; (6) the National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults; (7) program and project evaluations; (8) secretarial responsibilities; and (9) the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board.
United States · United States Congress · 17 December 1975
Municipal Capital Market Improvement Act - Sets forth the findings of Congress that the municipal capital markets are unable to provide needed capital at reasonable interest rates at all times, that such markets are subject to cyclical instability, and that the Federal Government does not presently provide efficient financial assistance to State and local governments. Defines terms as used in this Act. Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to provide interest subsidy payments to State or local public bodies which elect to issue a taxable obligation. Provides that such payments shall be sufficient to pay 40 percent of the net annual interest cost per annum of the obligation. Disallows such subsidy payment with respect to any State or local obligation for which the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof makes any payment of interest on such obligation pursuant to a guarantee. Establishes the Municipal Technical Assistance Office within the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Authorizes the Office to provide technical assistance to State and local governments concerning municipal capital market management and budget planning and to carry out research to facilitate the exchange among State and local governments of advanced concepts of municipal growth and development. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress each year concerning the administration of his functions under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 17 December 1975
Extends from two years to three years the period during which the President is authorized to call a White House Conference on Handicapped Individuals. Provides that funds appropriated for such purpose shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 1978 (presently available only until June 30, 1977).
United States · United States Congress · 12 December 1975
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should seek a global approach to world energy problems. Calls for an assessment of energy needs and identification of possible sources of energy with specific identification of those areas of the world where investments are most likely to produce cheap and abundant energy. Requests the President to present such proposal to international forums such as the Conference on International Economic Cooperation and a global energy conference to which all nations would be invited.
United States · United States Congress · 9 December 1975
Makes refugees from Laos eligible for resettlement, health care, education, public assistance, and other benefits of the Indochina Migration and Refugee Assistance Act.
United States · United States Congress · 9 December 1975
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the signing in Helsinki of the Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe did not change in any way the longstanding policy of the United States on non-recognition of the Soviet Union's illegal seizure and annexation of the three Baltic nations of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.
United States · United States Congress · 5 December 1975
Health Professions Education Amendments - Revises title VII of the Public Health Service Act. Extends through fiscal year 1979 the present authority to guarantee loans for the construction of teaching facilities for the training of physicians, dentists, veternarians, optometrists, podiatrists, and professional public health personnel. Repeals the title VII authority to make grants for the construction of such facilities. Authorizes States, under title XVI of such Act, to use Federal formula allotments, loans, loan guarantees, and interest subsidies for modernization necessary to increase the primary care health manpower training capacity of hospitals and outpatient facilities affiliated with a medical, osteopathic, or dental school. Eliminates capitation for schools of pharmacy. Phases out capitation for schools of medicine, osteopathy, and dentistry. Provides that the latter class of schools may agree to undertake efforts designed to address geographic and specialty maldistribution, thus making them eligible to receive National Priority Incentive grants in the amount of $1,500 per student in place of capitation phase-out grants. Stipulates that all schools receiving either National Priority Incentive grants or capitation phase-out grants must maintain enrollment at the academic year 1975-76 level and maintain the level of non-Federal funds spent. Allows the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to waive this requirement in unusual circumstances. Authorizes appropriations of $126,500,000 for fiscal year 1976; $123,400,000 for fiscal year 1977; $120,000,000 for fiscal year 1978; and $118,200,000 for fiscal year 1979 for the National Priority Incentive Grants and capitation phase-out grants. Revises and consolidates the existing authorities for dispensing grants for special projects into special projects sections. Authorizes grants to support the following projects: (1) establishment and expansion of family medicine training programs; (2) establishment and expansion of training programs in general internal medicine, general pediatrics, general medicine, general dentistry, and pedodontics; (3) establishment of relationships between schools of optometry, podiatry, and pharmacy, and for other health training and service entities; improvement of aspects of curricula and training in those schools; and placement of graduates of those schools and veterinary schools in underserved areas; (4) provision of graduate training in important public health related fields; (5) improvement of allied health professions training; (6) provision for training of primary care physician extenders and expanded function dental auxiliaries; (7) undertaking of training activities designed to address geographic maldistribution of health professionals; (8) provision of financial and other assistance to individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds to enable them to enter health professions careers; (9) provision for financial and other assistance to United States graduates of foreign medical schools to assist them to complete their medical or osteopathic education in the United States, and provision of intensive instruction to foreign medical graduates working in the United States; (10) provision of financial aid to those schools of medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, veterinary medicine, optometry, pharmacy, podiatry, or public health which are having serious accreditation problems, with amounts limited to 75 percent of any financial distress grant provided in the preceding fiscal year; (11) the utilization of innovative training methods in medicine, osteopathy, and dentistry likely to reduce the costs of medical, osteopathic, and dental training, and for assisting new schools of medicine, osteopathy, and dentisty to primarily utilize such methods; (12) evaluating changes in admissions criteria, providing certain specialized kinds of training, providing interdisciplinary training, and demonstrating curriculum innovations. Phases out the present start-up authority. Permits the Secretary to utilize contracts as well as grants, except in cases of financial distress. Authorizes specified amounts to be appropriated for fiscal years 1976 - 1979. Replaces the present Public Health and National Health Service Corps with the Health Service Scholarship Program (HSSP), which is charged with providing scholarships to medical, osteopathic, and dental students in exchange for service in the Public Health Service, other Federal health service, or in a health manpower shortage area. Makes eligible students who agree to accept scholarships, if offered, when they apply for admission to a health professions school. Permits students to satisfy their committment by accepting a Defense Department scholarship. States that scholarships would be awarded for periods of two to fours years in an annual amount of $3,600, plus tuition and other reasonable education expenses. Requires upon completion of training, the scholarship recipient to perform one year of service for each year of assistance. Gives the individual, within limitation, the choice of: (1) serving as a commissioned officer or a civilian member of the Public Health Service or other Federal Health service; or (2) practicing his profession in a health manpower shortage area as a private practitioner. Grants the Secretary the final authority to choose the location and mode of service of participants, making such assignments on the basis of priorities extent at the time such participants became available for service. Requires all such individuals to engage full-time in patient care activities. Protects persons serving in health manpower shortage areas against income so low as to compromise the effectiveness of their practice by means of a minimum income provision. Requires a scholarship recipient who fails to perform his service responsibilities to repay twice the amount of the scholarship assistance tendered multiplied by the proportion of service not performed, plus interest. Authorizes specified appropriations for HSSP for fiscal years 1976 - 1979. Limits Federal capital contributions to health profession schools' loan funds. Provides that the money invested by the Federal government in schools' loan funds will remain available for re-loan by the schools as it is repaid by student borrowers, but future loans to students will be required to carry seven percent, rather than three percent, interest. Terminates the authority under which the Secretary repays any educational loans of individuals who go into practice in shortage areas, except in the case of students receiving loans prior to the enactment of these provisions. Phases out residual Federal responsibilities under the health professions education fund. Establishes, within the Public Health Service, the National Advisory Council on Health Professions Education, to be composed of health services experts, students, health specialty body representatives, planners, third party payers, and consumers. Charges the Council with analyzing the distribution among specialties of physicians and medical students and evaluating alternative approaches to ensuring an appropriate balance. Directs the Council to offer recommendations to the Secretary.
United States · United States Congress · 4 December 1975
Dedicates the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park to Justice William O. Douglas in grateful recognition of his long and outstanding service to the people of the United States as a teacher, writer, jurist, and naturalist. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to have the words " Dedicated to Justice William O. Douglas" prominently displayed on all signs bearing the name of the park and to take other actions to call to the attention of the public the fact that such park has been so dedicated. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 4 December 1975
Teacher Corps Amendments - Authorizes appropriations for the Teacher Corps in the amounts of $50,000,000 for fiscal year 1977, $75,000,000 for fiscal year 1978, and $100,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1979, 1980, and 1981. Authorizes enrollment in the Teacher Corps for five year periods (currently two years is the maximum). Requires all arrangements with local educational agencies involving the Teacher Corps to be approved by a local council representative of the community.
United States · United States Congress · 20 November 1975
Authorizes, under the Administrative Procedure Act, the awarding of reasonable attorney fees and other expenses for participation in proceedings before Federal regulatory agencies. Sets forth criteria governing the awarding of fees and expenses. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as are necessary to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 20 November 1975
Title I: Short Title - Federal Drug and Devices Act. Title II: Definitions - Defines the terms used in this Act. Title III: Prohibited Acts and Penalties - Sets forth acts prohibited by this Act including: the adulteration or misbranding of any drug or device in interstate commerce; false guaranties, misrepresentation, or any act which renders a drug counterfeit as defined in this Act. States that the district courts of the United States shall have jurisdiction to restrain violations of this title. Provides that any person who violates a provision of this title shall be imprisoned for not more than one year or fined not more than $1,000, or both and shall be subject to a fine of $10,000 or three years imprisonment or both for a second offense. Provides for the seizure of drugs and devices introduced into commerce in violation of the provisions of this Act. Establishes a civil penalty of $10,000 for each violation of this title. Title IV: Drugs and Devices - Sets forth the definition of an adulterated drug or device and a misbranded drug or device. Specifies substances which shall require a prescription. Directs that no person shall introduce into commerce any new drug, unless an application for approval is effective with respect to such drug. Sets forth investigative procedures which each new drug must be subjected to before approval is given. Authorizes the Commissioner of the Drug and Devices Administration to withdraw approval of an application with respect to any drug after notice and an opportunity to the applicant for a hearing. Specifies the conditions upon which the Commissioner may withdraw approval. Sets forth procedures to be followed by the Commissioner in the issuance of orders. Provides for an appeal by the applicant of an order of the Commissioner refusing or withdrawimg approval of an application. Directs the Commissioner to promulgate regulations exempting from the operation of this Act drugs intended solely for investigational use by qualified experts. Requires that in the case of any drug for which an approval of an application filed pursuant to this section is in effect, the applicant shall establish and maintain such records, conduct such post-market or post-approval studies as required by the Commissioner, and report to the Commissioner on data relating to clinical experience and information obtained by the applicant. Requires that such records be made available upon request of an officer or employee designated by the Commissioner. Provides that drugs in the final stage of investigation before either being approved or rejected by the Commissioner may be marketed subject to any conditions he may deem necessary. Directs the Commissioner to require that such drugs have approved labels. Requires that patients be warned that such drugs have not received final approval. States that the Commissioner shall design a system of registration numbers for such drugs which show the specialty and the nature of the practice of the physician prescribing such drugs. Directs that drugs not given final approval shall require an informed consent from patients receiving such drugs. Authorizes the Commissioner to designate an official name for any drug or device. Directs that such name shall be the only official name of that drug or device used in any official compendium published after such name has been prescribed. Provides that the Commissioner may review such names and make changes as he finds necessary. Requires that producers of drugs and devices register with the Commissioner. Authorizes the Commissioner to assign a registration number to producers registered in accordance with this Act. Makes the information filed with the Commission available to the public. Title V: New Animal Drugs - Establishes minimum safety standards for new animal drugs and feed containing such drugs. Requires persons to apply to the Commissioner for any intended use of such feed or drugs. Sets forth the information required to be given by each applicant. Directs the Commissioner to either approve the application or give the applicant notice of an opportunity for a hearing within a specified time. Allows the Commissioner to withdraw his approval of any such drug or feed upon a finding that the drug is unsafe. Requires applicants receiving approval of new animal drugs or feed containing such drugs to maintain records and make reports to the Commissioner of data relating to experience and other information about the drug obtained by the applicant. Title VI: Medical Devices - Directs the Commissioner to appoint classification panels of experts to review and classify devices intended for human use and to make recommendations to the Commissioner concerning the effectiveness and safety of such devices. Authorizes the Commissioner to promulgate for any device a performance standard relating to safety and effectiveness. Directs the Commissioner to consult with, and give appropriate weight to relevant standards published by other Federal agencies concerned with setting standards. Sets forth procedures for the promulgation of performance standards. Requires that persons interested in developing performance standards be invited to make offers to develop such standards as outlined by the Commissioner. Allows the Commissioner to use existing performance standards. Requires the Commissioner to review and evaluate on a continuing basis testing and other quality control programs carried out by the manufacturers of devices subject to performance standards. Authorizes the banning of devices which the Commissioner finds present an unreasonable risk of harm to the public. Requires producers to notify the Commissioner immediately of any defect in their devices. Authorizes the Commissioner to require the producer to provide adequate notification of the defect. Provides that the Commissioner may also require that the device be brought into conformity with the performance standards or repaired. Requires all producers of devices for human use to keep records and report to the Commissioner information relating to clinical experience and any other information obtained by such person with respect to such device. Authorizes the Commissioner to research the safety, development, improvement and proper use of such devices. Provides that standards promulgated by the Commissioner shall pre-empt the States' authority to establish or continue in effect any performance standard unless such requirements are identical to Federal requirements. Title VII: General Administrative Provisions - Gives the Commissioner authority to promulgate regulations for the enforcement of this Act. Sets forth the administrative procedures which shall be followed in issuing or amending any such regulation. Authorizes the Commissioner to conduct examinations and investigations for the purposes of this Act through the Drug and Devices Administration. Gives officers of the Administration access to all records of carriers and persons receiving drugs or devices. Provides that officers designated by the Assistant Commissioner of Compliance and Monitoring shall have authority to enter factories and warehouses in which drugs or devices are manufactured or held for the purpose of inspecting all things therein. Sets forth minimum safety standards for color additives. Directs the Commissioner to provide for the separate listing of color additives for use in or on drugs. Lists those factors which shall be considered by the Commissioner in determining the safety of a color additive. Provides for the certification of color additives. Sets forth procedures for the issuance, amendment or repeal of regulations dealing with color additives. Title VIII: Drug and Devices Administration - Establishes within the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, the Drug and Devices Administration which shall be headed by the Commissioner of Drugs and Devices. Provides also for the establishment of the Drug and Devices Research and Development Review Bureau, the Research and Development Bureau, and the Compliance and Monitoring Bureau. Gives the Commissioner the authority necessary to carry out this Act. Title IX: National Drug Review Board - Authorizes the establishment of a non- profit corporation to be known as the National Drug Review Board. Provides that the Board shall advise the Commissioner as necessary to carry out the purpose of this Act. Requires the Board to submit an annual report to Congress containing an analysis of drugs currently in use, the uses of such drugs, adverse and unanticipated reactions from such drugs and recommendations for legislation. Title X: Imports and Exports - Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to destroy or to cause to be exported any imported drug or device which the Commissioner determines to be unsafe. Sets forth standards for drugs and devices intended for export. Title XI: Miscellaneous - Transfers from the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to the Commissioner specified powers necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 20 November 1975
Requires the imposition of mandatory sentences of not less than two years for specified cases of burglary and aggravated assault convictions under present Federal statutes. Requires a mandatory sentence of not less than two years and which may be up to life imprisonment for specified cases of second degree murder convictions. Requires a mandatory sentence of not less than two years for convictions to crimes involving the use of a firearm. Specifies mandatory sentences for crimes involving heroin. Increases the sentences of repeated Federal offenders.
United States · United States Congress · 20 November 1975
Directs the Federal courts to consider, in their determinations of the imposition of terms of imprisonment for criminal offenses, the following factors: (1) the nature and circumstances of the offense and the history and charactertics of the defendant; (2) the need for the sentence imposed to reflect the seriousness of the offense and the providing of adequate deterrence to criminal conduct; (3) whether other less restrictive sanctions have been applied to the defendant frequently or recently; and (4) any sentencing guidelines established by the Commission established under this Act. Establishes a United States Commission on Sentencing as an independent commission within the judicial branch of the United States Government. Provides for a membership of such Commission of five members appointed by the United States Judicial Conference. Directs such Commission to promulgate and distribute to all Federal courts guidelines for sentencing consistant with this Act. Empowers the Commission to establish general policies and rules necessary to carry out this Act. Empowers the Commission to utilize the services and information of other Federal, State, local and private agencies with or without reimbursement therefor. Empowers the Commission to establish a research and development program for the purpose of: (1) serving as a clearinghouse and information center for the collection, preparation, and dissemination of information on Federal sentencing practices; and (2) assisting and serving in a consulting capacity to Federal courts, departments, and agencies in the development, maintenance, and coordination of sound sentencing practices. Empowers the Commission to devise and conduct a training program of short-term instruction in sentencing techniques for judicial and probation personnel and other persons connected with the sentencing process. Requires the Commission to report annually to the Congress, the Judicial Conference, and the President on its activities.
United States · United States Congress · 20 November 1975
Provides, under the Public Health Service Act, that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, in cooperation with appropriate professional entities and individuals, shall establish within one year standards with respect to preventive health care for identifiable populations within health programs funded Under such Act. States that such standards shall be developed to identify populations in need and to maintain population-directed preventive health programs.
United States · United States Congress · 20 November 1975
Title I: Short Title - Federal Food and Cosmetics Act. Title II: Definitions - Defines the terms as used in this Act. Title III: Prohibited Acts and Penalties - Sets forth acts prohibited by this Act including: the introduction into commerce of any food a cosmetic that is adulterated, misbranded or unsafe. Provides that any person who violates a provision of this Act shall be imprisoned for not more than one year and fined not more than $1,000, or both. States that second offenses shall be punishable by a fine of $10,000 or three years imprisonment, or both. Authorizes the seizure of any article of food or cosmetics that is adulterated or misbranded. Creates a civil penalty of $10,000 for each violation of this Act. Authorizes the Commissioner of the Food and Cosmetics Administration (established by title VII) to initiate, defend, or appeal any court action arising as a result of the administration of this Act. Title IV: Food - Authorizes the Commissioner to promulgate regulations fixing and establishing for any food, under its common name, a reasonable definition and standard of identity, a reasonable standard of quality, and reasonable standards of of fill of container. Provides that a food shall be deemed to be adulterated if it bears or contains any deleterious substance which may render it injurious to health, or if any valuable constituent has been in whole or in part omitted or abstracted therefrom. Directs the Commissioner upon a finding that the distribution in commerce of any class of food may, be injurious to health by reason of contamination with micro-organisms during manufacture, processing, or packing, to issue to such handlers permits to which shall be attached conditions governing the manufacture, processing, or packing of such class of food for such period of time as may be necessary to protect the public health. Provides that where any deleterious substance is required or cannot be avoided in the production of dood, the Commissioner shall promulgate regulations limiting the quantity therein. Makes the provisions of this Act applicable to colored olemargarine or colored margarine which is sold in the same State or Territory in which it is produced. Directs that any poisonous or deleterious pesticide chemical added to a raw agricultural commodity, shall be deemed adulterated and, therefore, unsafe unless a tolerance for such pesticide has been prescribed or the pesticide has been exempted from the requirement of a tolerance by the Commissioner. Requires the Commissioner to promulgate regulations establishing tolerances with respect to the use in or on raw agricultural commodities of poisonous or deleterious pesticide chemicals. Sets forth guidelines for the establishment of such regulations. Provides guidelines for the regulation of food additivies pursuant to the provisions of this Act. Title V: Cosmetics - Provides that a cosmetic shall be deemed to be adulterated: (1) if it contains any deleterious substance which may render it injurious; (2) if it contains any filthy substance; (3) if it has been prepared or packed or held under unsanitary conditions; (4) if its container is composed of any deleterious substance, or if it is not a hair dye and it contains a color additive which is unsafe. States that a cosmetic shall be deemed to be misbranded if it has any of the characteristics specified in the Act including: (1) a misleading label or one which does not list all of the information required by this Act; or (2) a misleading container. Directs the Commissioner to promulgate regulations exempting from any labeling requirement of tis Act cosmetics which are to be processed, labeled, or repacked in substantial qualtities at establishments other than those originally processed or packed. Title VI: General Administrative Provisions - Provides that authority to promulgate regulations for the enforcement of this Act shall be vested in the Commissioner. States that any action for the issuance, amendment, or repeal of any regulation of this Act shall be begun by the Commissioner on his initiative or by petition of any interested person showing reasonable grounds therefor. Establishes procedures whereby any person adversely affected by any order of the Commissioner, shall have an opportunity to have a hearing to consider the objections. Authorizes the Commissioner to conduct examinations and investigations for purposes of this Act. Provides that upon application of any packer of seafood for shipment or sale within the jurisdiction of this Act the Commissioner may inspect such food. Directs that if the food complies with the requirements of this Act the applicant shall be required to make the food as provided by regulation to show compliance. Requires carriers engaged in commerce to permit officers, designated by the Commissioner, to have access to all records showing the movement in commerce of any food or cosmetic, or the holding thereof during or after such movement. Authorizes duly designated employees of the Commissioner to inspect establishments in which food or cosmetics are manufactured, processed, packed, or held. Requires the Commissioner to publicize reports summarizing all judgments decrees and court orders rendered under this Act. States that color additives shall be deemed unsafe unless they conform to regulations issued pursuant to this Act. Provides that the Commissioner shall list by regulation, color additives for use in food, separately from color additives for use in or on cosmetics. Directs the Commissioner to refuse to list a color additive for a proposed use unless the data before him establishes that such use, will be safe as determined by guidelines provided in this Act. Title VII: Food and Cosmetics Administration - Establishes within the Department of Health, Education and Welfare the Food and Cosmetics Administration to be headed by a Commissioner. Establishes within the agency a bureau to be known as the Compliance and Monitoring Bureau to be headed by an Assistant Commissioner. Provides that there shall be within the Administration a food and Cosmetic Research and Development Review Bureau. Specifies the duties of the Commissioner which include responsibility for the hiring and supervision of all personnel of the Administration; the appointment of advisory committees, the promulgation of regulations necessary to carry out the functions vested in him, to conduct public hearings, and to undertake such other activities as are necessary to the enforcement of the laws subject to his jurisdiction. Title VIII: Imports and Exports - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to deliver to the Commissioner, upon request, samples of food and cosmetics, which are being imported the United States. Authorizes the destruction of such goods shown to be in violation of the standards established by this Act. Title IX: Miscellaneous - Transfers to the Commissioner the pertinent functions, powers, and duties vested in the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare under specified Acts including the Filled Milk Act, the Tea Importation Act, the Federal Caustic Poison Act and the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act.
United States · United States Congress · 18 November 1975
Federal Domestic Assistance Information Act - Directs the Administrator of General Services to establish a Federal Domestic Assistance Information Center within the General Services Administration. Directs personnel of such Information Center to establish and operate a computerized information system which: (1) includes all Federal domestic assistance programs contained in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance, to be revised daily, as necessary to provide the most current information available; (2) provides ready access to information contained therein to State and local governments; (3) indexes all Federal programs by category as determined by the Director; and (4) provides each State and local government seeking information with a list of applicable programs and a description of each program. Directs personnel of such Information Center to establish and collect a fee based upon the incremental cost of services provided to a particular State or local government, including the cost of computer time, but not of system maintenance. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 14 November 1975
Handgun Crime Control Act - Defines the term "handgun" for purposes of the Federal criminal law as meaning a firearm which is designed to be held and fired by the use of a single hand. Makes it unlawful for a licensed importer or licensed dealer to sell or transfer a handgun to a person other than persons specified under this Act unless the transferee appears in person at the place of business of such dealer or importer and meets specified conditions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 13 November 1975
International Security Assistance and Arms Export Control Act - Title I: Military Assistance - Authorizes appropriations under the Foreign Assistance Act for fiscal years 1976 and 1977. States that a country shall be deemed ineligible for assistance under the Act if the President so states in writing to the Congress or if the Congress so finds by concurrent resolution. Prohibits assistance to any foreign country where the laws prohibit US citizens from participating in the furnishing of defense articles or services procured under this Act on the basis of race, religion, national origin, or sex. Provides that not later than September 30, 1977, all the functions of a military assistance advisory group, a military mission, or other organization of the United States Government in a foreign country performing activities similar to any such group or mission, shall be transferred to the Chief of the United States Diplomatic Mission to that country, and upon such transfer that group, mission, or organization shall cease to exist. Authorizes the President to furnish military education and training to military and related civilian personnel of any friendly foreign country or international organization. States that funds for such education and training shall be appropriated for each fiscal year pursuant to authorization for that fiscal year. Title II: Arms Export Controls - States that the policy of the United States shall be to exert its leadership in the world community to bring about arrangements for reducing the international trade in implements of war and to lesson the danger of outbreak of regional conflict and the burdens of armaments. Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should seek to initiate multilateral discussions among the principal arms suppliers and other countries with respect to the control of the worldwide trade in armaments. States that a country shall be deemed ineligible for cash sales, credits, or guarantees if the President so states in writing to the Congress of if the Congress so finds by concurrent resolution. Provides that in order to minimize the involvement of military or civilian officers or employees of the United States Government, the President shall, to the maximum extent possible, use civilian contract personnel to carry out Government sales activities under the Foreign Military Act in any foreign country. Permits the President to sell defense articles from the stocks of the Department of Defense, including related training, packaging, handling, and transportation services, to any friendly country or international organization if such sale is important to the security of the United States and such country or international organization agrees to pay specified amounts. Specifies that sales of defense articles and allowable services which could adversely affect the combat readiness of the Armed Forces of the United States shall be kept to an absolute minimum. Requires the President to submit to the Congress a complete explanation of any such sale, containing detailed information justifying its necessity. Authorizes appropriations of unspecified amounts for fiscal year 1976 under the Foreign Military Sales Act. Requires the President to submit to the Congress complete reports on commercial and governmental military exports. Authorizes the President to control the export and import of defense articles and services and to provide foreign policy guidance to persons of the United States involved in the export and import of such articles and services. Requires such persons to register with the Department of State and to pay a fee for each license to export or import such defense articles or services. Sets forth criminal penalties for violations of the provisions of this title. Permits cancellation of any defense sale contract by the United States at any time under unusual or compelling circumstances if the national interest so requires. Stipulates that the Congress may, if it determines that unusual or compelling circumstances so require, cancel, suspend, or revoke any such contract or deliveries thereunder. Title III: General - Sets forth an expedited procedure within the Congress for approving or disapproving resolutions pertaining to Presidential certifications.
United States · United States Congress · 13 November 1975
Federal Oil Pollution Liability and Compensation Act - Prohibits the discharge of oil in harmful quantities (as determined by the President under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act), and assesses a civil fine of up to $10,000 against the owner, operator or licensee of the discharging vessel. Prescribes criminal penalties for the failure of any person in charge of a vessel to notify the appropriate agency of the United States Government of such discharge. Directs the President to act to remove discharged oil unless he determines that such removal will be done properly and expeditionsly by the owner or operator of the vessel, onshore or offshore facility, or deepwater port, from which the discharge occurs. Provides that all costs, including administrative, incurred by the Secretary or any other Federal, State, or local official or agency, or any other person, of cleanup and other actions to minimize damages resulting from a discharge shall be borne by the owner and operator or licensee of the operation from which the discharge occurred up to $150 per gross ton of the responsible vessel. Limits the liability of owners or operators of onshore and offshore facilities and licensees of deepwater ports to the following amounts: (1) $50,000,000, in the case of an onshore facility; (2) $50,000,000, in the case of an offshore facility; and (3) $100,000,000, in the case of a deepwater port. Establishes in the Department of Transportation an agency to be known as the National Oil Pollution Liability and Compensation Administration to establish and maintain the National Oil Pollution Compensation Fund and to generally act as trustee of the natural resources of the marine environment. Authorizes disbursement of moneys from the Fund for payment of damages not actually compensated under this Act, cleanup costs, and research into methods to prevent, contain, and remove discharges. Provides that the Fund shall be provisioned through the levy and collection by the Administration of a 5-cent-per-barrel fee imposed on the owner of oil (1) when the oil is loaded on or off a vessel at an onshore or offshore facility, (2) when the oil is transferred from a well to a pipeline or a vessel; or (3) when the oil is loaded on or off a vessel at a deepwater port. States that each owner or operator of a vessel or an onshore or offshore facility and each licensee shall establish and maintain under rules and regulations prescribed by the Administrator, evidence of financial responsibility based on the tonnage of the vessel, the capacity of the facility or deepwater port, and other relevant factors. Directs the Administrator to prescribe and from time to time to change regulations for the filing, processing, settlement, and adjudication of claims for cleanup costs and damages resulting from the discharge of oil. Provides for public access to information concerning any communication, document, report, or information transmitted between any official of the Federal Government and any person concerning liability and compensation for damage resulting from the discharge of oil. Authorizes appropriations for the administration of this Act for fiscal years 1976, 1977, and 1978.
United States · United States Congress · 13 November 1975
Indian Tribal Governmental Tax Status Act - Expresses the findings of Congress, including that exemption of Indian Tribal governments from specified taxes would be consistent with the Federal laws and treaties recognizing the governmental status of such tribes. Provides for such exemption under provisions of the Internal Revenue Code relating to: (1) retirement income; (2) contributions to candidates for public office; (3) interest on governmental obligations; (4) scholarships and fellowship grants; (5) charitable contributions; (6) services and facilities tax; (7) other taxes on sales and services; (8) gasoline used on farms; (9) taxation on employee annuities; (10) transfers for public, charitable, and similar religious uses; (11) retailers' and manufacturers' excise tax; and (12) specified gasoline and lubricating oil taxes.
United States · United States Congress · 12 November 1975
Education Amendments - Title I: Higher Education - Extends the Higher Education Act until October 1, 1982. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the provisions of such Act until such date. Revises the provisions of the Act dealing with basic educational opportunity grants to provide that any amount paid under the Social Security Act to the student, which would not be paid if he were not a student, shall be considered as effective family income (formerly considered income to the student). Provides that in awarding student grants under the State student incentive grants program there shall be no differentiation between students based on whether the student pursues his study within the State or outside the State. Provides that loans insured or guaranteed under this Act may be released by a discharge in bankruptcy only if such discharge is granted after the five year period beginning on the date of commencement of the repayment period of such loan. Calls for regulations to provide for standards of financial responsibility for institutions of higher education receiving benefit from this Act. Provides for a fiscal audit of such institutions. Authorizes the suspension of payment to any such institution which violates regulations established pursuant to this Act. Repeals those sections of the Act which provide for attracting and qualifying teachers to meet teacher shortages. Title II: Vocational Education - Extends the Vocational Education Act until October 1, 1982. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the provisions of such Act until such date. Revises the Vocational Education Act to provide assistance to the States in improving planning in the use of all resources available to them for vocational education and manpower training in addition to the Federal Grants presently available to carry out such planning. Requires the establishment of a State board for vocational education in any State desiring to participate in the programs authorized by this Act. Provides that such board shall be the sole State agency responsible for development of policy with respect to such programs. Authorizes the appropriation of sufficient funds to pay one-half the cost of the planning activities of the State board. Retains the requirement that participating States establish advisory councils. Adds to the required membership on such councils representatives of private programs of vocational education, representatives familiar with vocational guidance and representatives of State correctional institutions. Provides that members of the council may not represent more that one of the categories which require representation. Establishes the requirement that there be appropriate representation of both sexes, racial and ethnic minorities, and the various geographic regions of the State. Requires each State board to submit to the Commissioner of education a comprehensive long- range plan for vocational education within the State. Directs that in developing such a plan the board shall assess among other things the needs for trained manpower and assess the capabilities for providing vocational education to meet such needs. Sets forth procedures to be followed by the States in applying for funds provided under the programs established by this Act. Requires that the application make assurances that the State will maintain fiscal control and that such funds shall supplement rather than replace State funds intended for such purposes. Lists applicants which shall be given priority. Requires that each State receiving funds pursuant to this Act submit to the Commissioner an annual program plan, as specified, for expenditure of such funds. Requires the States receiving funds to use a specified percentage of such funds to establish a special vocational education program for physically handicapped persons and for persons having academic or socioeconomic handicaps. Provides that each State must also allocate a portion of such funds to areas of high concentration of youth unemployment and school dropouts. Makes available to the States Federal assistance to enable them to develop and conduct vocational guidance and counseling programs and activities for individuals of all ages. Requires the States to set forth, in their annual program plan its proposed allotment of funds among eligible recipients for vocational development guidance and counseling programs and services. Provides training and retraining opportunities for persons serving or preparing to serve in vocational education programs. Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants to, and enter into contracts with States and educational institutions in order to develop and demonstrate innovative programs and projects designed to assist students in acquiring necessary skills for career success. Provides Federal assistance for the development and dissemination of curriculums for new and changing occupations. Establisher programs of work-study for vocational education students pursuant to requirements set forth in the Act. Enables the Commissioner to make grants to States for the establishment and expansion of programs of cooperative vocational education, involving alternate academic and vocational study and public or private employment. Provides emergency assistance to local educational agencies to provide vocational education designed to meet today's manpower needs. Assists such agencies in the modernization of facilities and equipment necessary to assure that they will be able to offer vocational education programs which give reasonable promise of employment. Maintain's the National Advisory Council on Vocational Education for the period for which appropriations are authorized under this Act. Sets forth new qualificiations for individuals chosen to serve on the Council. Provides that in addition to its advisory duties, the Council shall identify the vocational education and manpower needs of the Nation and access the extent to which programs in the field represent a consistent, coodinated approach to meeting the need. Title III: Extensions of other Related Education Programs - Extends until October 1, 1982: (1) the Emergency Insured Student Loan Act (2) the National Defense Education Act (3) the International Education Act and (4) the Allen J. Ellender Fellowship Program. Title IV: Education Administration - Creates within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare a Commissioner of Education. Provides that the Commissioner shall be the principal officer in the Department with responsibility for education programs (such responsibilities are presently held by the Assistant Secretary for Education). Directs that the Office of Education shall be headed by the Commissioner. Creates the position of Executive Deputy Commissioner who shall be responsible for the daily operation of the Office. Broadens the National Institute of Education to include an Institute of Elementary and Secondary Education, an Institute of Postsecondary Education, and an Institute of Vocational Education. Provides that the Director of the Institute shall be compensated at the rate provided for level IV of the Executive Schedule (presently compensated at level V). Establishes within the Institute an Institute of Elementary and Secondary Education, an Institute for Postsecondary Education and an Institute for Vocational Education to improve those specific areas of education. (Amends 5 U.S.C. 5314)
United States · United States Congress · 11 November 1975
Improved Higher Education Opportunities Act - Authorizes the appropriation of $250,000,000 for each of the fiscal years ending prior to June 30, 1980, for programs under the Higher Education Act designed to reach disadvantaged students. Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to contract for staff training for personnel seeking to specialize in improving the delivery of services to disadvantaged students. Authorizes graduate fellowships for such personnel. Sets the minimum number of such fellowships. Establishes a National Center for Post-Secondary Opportunity within the Office of Education to coordinate and evaluate programs under this Act. Establishes within such Office a National Advisory Council on Special Programs for Post-Secondary Opportunity. Sets forth the advisory duties of the Council. Requires the Council to prepare and to submit to the Congress and the President annually a report on the condition of programs under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 11 November 1975
Condemns the resolution adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations which equates Zionism with racism. Opposes participation by the United States Government in the Decade for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination. Calls for reconsideration of the Zionism resolution. Directs the Committee on International Relations and the Committee on Foreign Relations to begin hearings immediately to reassess the United States' further participation in the United Nations General Assembly.
United States · United States Congress · 6 November 1975
National Consumer Cooperative Bank Act - Title I: National Consumer Cooperative Bank - Sets forth the findings of Congress that there is a need for the establishment of a National Consumer Cooperative Bank and a Cooperative Bank and Assistance Administration which will make available necessary financial and technical assistance to cooperative self-help endeavors as a means of strengthening the Nation's economy. Establishes the National Consumer Cooperative Bank. States that the Bank shall: (1) encourage the development of new and existing cooperatives eligible for its assistance by providing specialized credit and technical assistance; (2) maintain broad-based control of the Bank by its voting stockholders; (3) encourage broad-based ownership, control and active participation by members in eligible cooperatives; (4) assure that the net savings from its operations and the operations of borrowers from the Bank, are made available or accounted for to the stockholders or members of the cooperative organization; and (5) assist in improving the quality and availability of goods and services to consumers. Authorizes the creation of no less than four nor more than twelve corporate regional banks. States that the Bank shall have the power to make and service loans, commitments for credit, guarantees, furnish financially related services, technical assistance, and issue obligations. Enumerates additional powers necessary to carry out its powers and duties under this Act. Authorizes appropriations of $250,000,000 per year for the United States to purchase class A preferred stock of the Bank. Requires the Bank to hold an annual meeting of stockholders. Permits the Bank to obtain funds through the public or private sale of its bonds, debentures, notes, and other evidences of indebtedness. Authorizes the Bank to make loans to eligible organizations which shall be repayable in not more than forty years. States that the objective of the Bank shall be to provide the the type of credit needed by eligible borrowers, at the lowest reasonable cost on a sound business basis, taking into account the cost of money to the Bank. Defines "eligible cooperatives" for purposes of assistance under this title as an organization chartered or operated on a cooperative, not for profit basis for producing or furnishing goods, services, facilities, or financing, primarily for the benefit of its members or voting stockholders who are ultimate consumers, if it meets specified criteria, or any other institution chartered or operated in such a way as to enhance competitive market forces or to reduce the price spread between producers and the ultimate consumers of products or services. Title II: Self-Help Development Fund - Establishes in the Treasury a Consumer Cooperative Self-Help Development Fund. Authorizes appropriations of $250,000,000 to be deposited in the Fund. Permits the Cooperative Bank and Assistance Administration to make a capital investment advance out of the Fund to any eligible cooperative if the Administration determines that the applicant's initial or supplemental capital requirements exceed its ability to obtain a Title I loan from the Bank or other sources, and the membership of the applicant consists substantially of low-income persons. Title III: Cooperative Technical Assistance - Directs the Cooperative Bank and Assistance Administration to make available information and services concerning the organization or reorganization of cooperatives to best achieve the objectives of this Act and to best provide the means through which various types of goods, services, and facilities can be made available to members and patrons. States that such assistance may include investigations, surveys, and director and management training and assistance. Authorizes appropriations to the Administration of sums necessary for the administration of this title. Title IV: The Cooperative Bank and Assistance Administration and General Provisions - Establishes the Cooperative Bank and Assistance Administration. Directs the Administration to assure that the objectives of this Act are carried out. States that until the stock of the Bank held by the United States has been fully retired the Bank shall be exempt from any form of taxation. Requires the Administration and the Board to report annually to the appropriate committee of Congress on the activities of the Administration and on the Bank's capital, operations, financial condition, the self-help development fund, and to make recommendations for legistation to improve its services. Authorizes appropriations of sums necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act, in addition to appropriations specifically authorized.
United States · United States Congress · 6 November 1975
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should seek to include as an item on the agenda of both the Economic Summit Conference and the Conference on International Economic Cooperation the issue of arms sales. States that the President should offer to voluntarily limit United States weapons sales during the next fiscal year, provided other major weapons suppliers join us in seeking multilateral limitations on international arms sales.
United States · United States Congress · 3 November 1975
Women's Vocational Education Amendments - Authorizes, under the Vocational Education Act, Federal grants to the States to assist them to develop and to carry out programs to overcome sex stereotyping in all occupations. Authorizes the funding of vocational guidance and counseling training designed to acquaint guidance counselors with the changing work patterns of women. Authorizes the funding of such training designed to acquaint guidance counselors with ways of assisting girls and women to select careers solely on their occupational needs and interests. Provides for curricula development designed to overcome sex bias in vocational education programs. Authorizes the appropriation of $5,000,000 under such Act for each fiscal year for the establishment of offices for women within State boards. Requires statistical reports of the States on the enrollments in vocational education programs, by specified criteria including that of the sex of the enrollees. Authorizes funds for special projects to assist in overcoming sexual bias.
United States · United States Congress · 22 October 1975
Emergency Medical Services Amendment - Revises those provisions of the Public Health Services Act providing for Federal assistance for emergency medical service systems with respect to: (1) grants and contracts for the establishment and initial operation of such systems; (2) grants and contracts for the expansion and improvement of such systems; and (3) grants and contracts for research in emergency medical techniques. Authorizes the appropriation of $5,083,000 for the purpose of making grants and contracts to assist emergency medical service systems during the transitional quarter. Authorizes the appropriation of funds in specified amounts for the making of such grants and contracts through fiscal year 1979. Reduces from 75 percent to 60 percent the percentage of such appropriated funds available for assistance in the establishment and initial operation of emergency medical systems. Provides for the allocation of 15 percent of such funds to assistance for feasibility studies concerning such systems.
United States · United States Congress · 21 October 1975
Increases the dollar checkoff for financing of Presidential elections to $2 under the Internal Revenue Code.
United States · United States Congress · 21 October 1975
Displaced Homemakers Equal Opportunity Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to establish a maximum of 30 model program centers for outreach, counseling, information and referral, and other services for displaced homemakers, with at least 2 such centers in each of the 10 Federal geographic service regions of the United States. Directs the Secretary to: (1) conduct an evaluation and study of the model program centers established by this Act; and (2) conduct a feasibility study with respect to participation by displaced homemakers in specified employment, unemployment, education, and health service programs. Authorizes to be appropriated specified sums for each of fiscal years 1976 and 1977 to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 21 October 1975
National School-Age Mother and Child Health Act - States that Congress finds pregnancy among adolescents to be a serious problem. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to designated State agencies to meet part of the cost of planning and coordinating services for school age girls and their children. Sets forth requirements which the State plans must meet before receiving such grants including comprehensive health care to school-age girls (associated with the continuation of pregnancy) and to their children, family planning and counseling, infant and child day care and a coordinated program of social services. Directs that no identifying information of persons receiving services shall be collected by the Federal or State government. Authorizes the appropriation of $30,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 and for each of the next two succeeding fiscal years to carry out the purposes of this Act. Establishes a unit within the Maternal and Child Health Service of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare to administer and coordinate the program established by this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 21 October 1975
Condemns the resolution adopted by the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly which equates Zionism with racism.
United States · United States Congress · 9 October 1975
President's Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research Act - Establishes, under the Public Health Service Act, the President's Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavorial Research. Sets forth the powers and duties of the Commission. Directs the Commission to: (1) conduct an investigation to identify the ethical principles which should underlie the conduct of biomedical and behavioral research involving human subjects; (2) develop guidelines to be followed in such research; and (3) make recommendations to the appropriate agency or department for such administrative action as may be appropriate to apply such guidelines to biomedical and behavioral research conducted or supported under programs administered by the appropriate agency or department. Requires the Commission to identify the requirements for informed consent to participation in biomedical and behavorial research by children, prisoners, military personnel, and the institutionalized mentally infirm. Directs the Commission to conduct an investigation and study of the use of psychosurgery in the United States during the five-year period ending December 31, 1972, and determine the appropriateness of its use. States that the Commission shall undertake a comprehensive study of the ethical, social, and legal implications of advances in biomedical and behavioral research and technology, including an analysis and evaluation of the implications of such advances both for individuals and for society. Transfers the functions, powers, and duties of the National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research to the Commission.
United States · United States Congress · 9 October 1975
Expresses the Senate's recognition of the quality and excellence of both teams participating in the 1975 World Series.
United States · United States Congress · 9 October 1975
Express the sense of the Congress that the observance of Thanksgiving include the practice of "Thankful Giving". Invites Americans to share with the hungry of the world.
United States · United States Congress · 8 October 1975
Lifetime Learning Act - Establishes an Office of Lifetime Learning Programs in the Office of Education in order to encourage the expansion of such programs. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act. Defines "lifetime learning program" as any activity designed to meet the changing educational needs of Americans throughout their lives. Authorizes the United States Commissioner of Education through the Office to identify the needs involved and to create activities or to fund existing activities to provide a lifetime learning program. Requires the Commissioner to submit annual reports to the President and Congress setting forth the programs assisted under this Act and recommendations for legislation. Directs the Commissioner to submit to Congress not later than January 1, 1979, a report to be known as the Lifetime Learning Report, summarizing the activities and accomplishments achieved under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 8 October 1975
Electric Utility Regulatory Reform Act - Title I: General Provisions - States that the purpose of the Act is to reform specified aspects of electric utility regulation. Defines terms as used in the Act. Title II: Utility Rate Reform - Requires all electric utilities to implement peak-load pricing. Prohibits unjustified differences in rates to different classes of consumers. Specifies that costs such as advertising and fines shall not be treated as operating costs by the utilities. Title III: Utility Planning and Siting Reform - Requires electric utilities to prepare long-range plans for power supply facilities which include site selection. Provides that the plan shall be submitted to the appropriate regulatory authorities and shall be made available to the public. Directs the Federal Energy Commission to establish annual target rates for electric energy growth. Calls for sharing of facilities by utilities. Title IV: Reliability and Financial Aid to Utilities - Requires the Commission to establish reliability standards for the utilities. Provides for loan guarantees to utilities of no more than $200,000,000 with an overall limit of $2,000,000,000 on outstanding guarantees. Title V: Financial Assistance to State Regulatory Authorities - Authorizes the appropriation of $48,000,000 per year for grants to State regulatory authorities for specified purposes. Title VI: Federal Energy Commission - Establishes the Federal Electric Power Regulatory Commission to carry out the Federal functions under this Act and all functions of the Federal Power Commission. Terminates the Federal Power Commission.
United States · United States Congress · 8 October 1975
Disapproves the deferral of specified authority relating to rural water and waste disposal grants as proposed by the President on October 3, 1975.
United States · United States Congress · 8 October 1975
Disapproves the deferral of budget authority relating to rural housing for domestic farm labor grants as proposed by the President on October 3, 1975.
United States · United States Congress · 8 October 1975
States that the Senate disapproves the deferral of budget authority relating to mutual and self-help housing grants as proposed by the President on October 3, 1975.
United States · United States Congress · 7 October 1975
Directs the Federal Energy Administration not to forgive or defer collection of any accrued fees arising under the oil import fee program. Provides that if the Supreme Court denies the petition of certiorari or otherwise affirms the decision of the United States Court of Appeals that such fees are unlawful, all such fees shall be refunded to consumers, not to the oil importers.
United States · United States Congress · 6 October 1975
Lobbying Act - Declares it to be the purpose of this Act to provide for the disclosure to the Congress, the executive branch, and to all members of the public of the efforts of organizations and individuals who are paid to engage in efforts to influence issues before Congress or the executive branch, without intefering with the right of the people of the United States to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. Defines terms used in this Act. States that the term "lobbying" means the making of "lobbying communications" or "lobbying solicitations", as such terms are defined in this Act. Defines the term "lobbyist" to mean any person or organization which receives any income other than personal travel expenses and other specified income: (1) to make or for making in any quarterly period one or more lobbying communications; or (2) to make or for making in any quarterly period one or more lobbying solicitations which refer to the same issue or issues before the Congress or the executive branch and which reach, or may reasonably be expected to reach, a total of five hundred or more persons. Makes a further definition of the term "lobbyist" to include any organization which conducts specified activities designed to affect the outcome of legislation. Requires each person to register with the Comptroller General of the United States not later than 15 days after becoming a lobbyist. States that such registration shall contain the identification of the lobbyist, and the identification of the subject matter of each category of issues before the Congress or executive branch, which the lobbyist expects to seek to influence. Requires each lobbyist to disclose each organization from which he received income during the 12-month period preceding the filing. Requires voluntary membership organizations to approximate the number of persons who are members of the organization, and to describe the methods which the organization expects to use. States that such registrations shall also include: (1) an identification of each person on whose behalf the lobbyist's services have been retained; (2) a description of the financial terms and conditions under which the lobbyist is retained by each such person; and (3) an identification of each individual to whom, as of the date of filing, the lobbyist expects to provide income (other than personal travel expenses) to make one or more lobbying communications. States that such registration shall be effective for 12 months. Requires each lobbyist and person retaining a lobbyist to maintain such financial and other records as the Comptroller General shall prescribe. States that such records shall be subject to examinations by the Comptroller General. Requires each lobbyist to file quarterly reports with the Comptroller General covering the lobbyist's activities during that period. Sets forth the information required to be included in such report. Enumerates the powers of the Comptroller General pursuant to the enforcement of the provisions of this Act. Grants the Comptroller General the power to subpena witnesses and documentary evidence. Sets forth the duties of the Comptroller General pursuant to this Act. States that the Comptroller General shall make available to the public the information contained in the registration and reports filed by lobbyists under this Act. Directs the Comptroller General, in response to a written request by any person, to render an advisory opinion with respect to the recordkeeping, registration, or reporting requirements of this Act. Directs the Comptroller General to investigate any apparent violation of this Act when it appears that any person has engaged, or is about to engage in, any acts or practices which would constitute a violation of this Act. Authorizes the Comptroller General to correct such violations by informal means, or, that failing, by legal action. Sets forth rules of procedure with respect to legal actions brought to enforce the provisions of this Act. Establishes civil penalties consisting of fines of up to $10,000 per day for each day of violation of the provisions of this Act. Requires the Comptroller General to report to the President and to Congress annually with respect to its activities and functions under this Act. Repeals the Federal Regulation of Lobbying Act. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 2 October 1975
Provides that the inpatient hospital deductible under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act shall be increased from $40 to $92 in the case of any spell of illness beginning before 1977. Sets forth a formula for adjusting the impatient deductible for subsequent years, equal to $92 multiplied by the ratio of the current average per diem rate for inpatient hospital services for the preceding year to the current average per diem rate for such services for 1974.
United States · United States Congress · 2 October 1975
Rail Rehabilitation Act - Title I: Findings, Purpose, and Definitions - States that the purposes of this Act are to designate an Interstate Railroad System; to organize an Administration of the Department of Transportation to acquire, rehabilitate, maintain, modernize, and to restructure the rail lines included within such system; to transfer to the States responsibility for maintenance of rail lines not included within such system; to require minimum standards of maintenance for rail lines; to establish rights of access by rail carriers to rail lines they do not own; and to provide Federal funding to the Administration and to States for rehabilitation of rail lines. Defines terms used in the Act. Title II: Interstate Railroad System - Requires each rail carrier to provide the Security of Transportation with specified data describing the current condition of the railroad, and with a verified statement identifying all railroad lines of the carrier. Designates the Initial Interstate Railroad System, and rail lines which shall be excluded from such system. Directs the Rail Services Planning Office to hold hearings and recommend additions to and deletions from such system. Requires the Secretary, after giving full consideration to such recommendations, to prepare and release a concise descriptive study of an Intermediate Interstate Railroad system, including future maintenance standards of each rail line in the System. States that after hearings and recommendations by the Office, the Secretary shall prepare and submit to the Congress a final Interstate Railroad System Plan designed to promote and enhance the ability of rail carriers to provide modern, efficient, and economical interstate rail freight and passenger service responsive to present and future needs and demands. Requires the Secretary to determine and publish a rehabilitation, capital improvement, and maintenance program for the restoration of all rail lines in the System to the future maintenance standards set forth in the Final System. Stipulates that rail properties acquired by the National Railroad Passenger Corporation shall be part of the final system. Directs the Administrator of the Federal Rail Property Administration to revise the future maintenance standards so long as such revision reflects changes in the anticipated use of the individual lines. Title III: Federal Rail Property Administration - Establishes in the Department of Transportation the Federal Rail Property Administration. Grants the Administration power to acquire rail lines and property and to enter into leases with a railroad company which deeds rail lines to the Administration. Sets forth conditions governing such leases. Permits railroads to offer to transfer all facilities which are included in the system to the Administration, whereupon the Administration shall enter into a lease and accept title to the facilities so offered. Requires the Secretary to develop programs of rehabilitation and capital improvements for rail properties owned by the Administration. States that such programs shall be incorporated into and be made terms of the lease of such property. Directs the Administrator to report annually to the President and to Congress on the extend and condition of all properties owned by the Administration, and on the condition of all other rail properties in the Nation. Title IV: Funding - Authorizes appropriations, for each year beginning with the year in which this Act is enacted and continuing for a period of ten years, of such sums as are necessary for (1) rehabilitation of lines as required under this Act, and (2) to provide the materials used in maintenance as required under this Act. Imposes a Rail User Charge on all railroads operating on facilities of the Administration. Authorizes additional sums of money for reports, expenses, and maintenance materials. Title V: State and Local Rail Service Discontinuance and Abandonment - Permits abandonment of rail service on properties not designated part of the final system. Sets forth conditions governing discontinuation of service. Title VI: Labor Contracts - States that all contracts between rail carries and labor organizations for maintenance of properties transferred to the Association shall remain in full force, notwithstanding any other provision of this Act. Title VII: Northeast Corridor - Directs the National Railroad Passenger Corporation to operate high speed rail passenger service in the Northeast Corridor. Authorizes appropriations for improvement of the Northeast Corridor. Title VIII: Branch Line Protection - Requires the Secretary of Transportation to provide financial assistance to achieve specified objectives, including: (1) rail service continuation subsidies in conformance with a State rail plan approved by the Secretary; and (2) acquisition and modernization of rail properties by a State or by a local or regional transportation authority in conformance with a State rail plan approved by the Secretary. Requires the Interstate Commerce Commission to issue new certificates of public convenience and necessity to rail lines which meet minimum safety standards and which have revenues equal to or in excess of avoidable costs plus return on investment for two years.
United States · United States Congress · 2 October 1975
Food Stamp Reform Act - Eliminates the requirement, under the Food Stamp Act, that individuals receiving supplemental security income benefits under title XVI (grants to States for the Aged, Blind, or Disabled) of the Social Security Act shall not be considered eligible for food stamps if the supplemental income payments include the bonus value of food stamps. States that households in which a member is eligible to participate in the nutrition program for the elderly under the Older Americans Act, or is authorized to use coupons for meals on wheels, shall not be required to have cooking facilities. Modifies the eligibility standards for students. Lowers the work registration age limit for eligibility purposes from 65 to 60. States that the actual value of employer-provided housing (up to $25 per month) shall be taken into account for eligibility purposes. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture in computing eligibility to allow a standard deduction of $125 plus $25 for each elderly person, after deductions for disaster or casualty losses, taxes, and other mandatory deductions. Eliminates the purchase price requirement and establishes an income formula for determining eligibility. Requires the Secretary to carry out a nutrition education program for recipients, including distribution of printed materials designed to teach recipients how to buy and prepare nutritious and economical meals. States that wrongfully denied food coupons shall be restored through a lump-sum cash payment. Requires bilingual assistance to be made available in areas where numerous potentially eligibile persons speak a language other than English. Directs the Secretary to conduct a survey and report to Congress on the average and distribution of assets held by participants in the food stamp program. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out pilot experiments for purposes of increasing the programs' efficiency and improving the delivery of benefits to eligible households.